View transcripts of past chats on this topic: Feb 24, 2015, May 31, 2015, June 21, 2016, Jul 3, 2016, and Jan 27, 2019.

Questions:

Q1: How have your self-perceptions changed since you received a diagnosis and/or recognized you are autistic or similarly neurodivergent? #AutChat

Q2: Under what circumstances have you experienced shame (if at all)? #AutChat

Q3: What might help you to dispel shame — to lessen it? #AutChat

Q4: Have you practiced being proud? How? Where would you say you are in the self-acceptance process? #AutChat

Questions for this #autchat were written by @ask_anAspergirl.